An enormous explosion on the surface of the Sun blasted an array of solar particles Earth’s way and the storm will hit tomorrow.

Scientists have warned the storm could wipe out satellites, GPS navigation systems and mobile phone signals.

The solar storm will hit the northern hemisphere, which could lead to the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, being seen as far south as the upper reaches of Scotland.

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), who spotted the solar storm using two NASA satellites, said: “A minor geomagnetic storm watch is now in effect for the 14 and 15 March, 2018. Aurora may be visible at high latitudes.”

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But the consequences could be far more serious than the appearance of the Northern Lights.

For the most part, the Earth’s magnetic field protects humans from the barrage of radiation, but solar storms can affect satellite-based technology.Solar winds, which are a stream of particles from the sun, can heat the Earth’s outer atmosphere, causing it to expand.

This can affect satellites in orbit, potentially leading to a lack of GPS navigation, mobile phone signal and satellite TV such as Sky.

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Additionally, a surge of particles can lead to high currents in the magnetosphere, which can lead to higher than normal electricity in power lines, resulting in electrical transformers and power stations blow outs and a loss of power.

The higher amounts of radiation also leave people vulnerable to cancer.

When magnetic field lines travel from the interior of the Sun to its surface, they usually remain inside our star.

Solar storms: Sun's solar flares light up space Tue, April 4, 2017 A solar flare is an intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. Flares are our solar system's largest explosive events. They are seen as bright areas on the sun and last from mere minutes to several hours.

As it stands, the NOAA says the forecast for the impending solar storm is G-1 or ‘minor’.

However, this could be updated to a G-2, or moderate storm, depending on how the charged particles from the sun hit Earth.

It's pretty impossible to deny at this point. The occult-based theories of quantum physics have led the building of "quantum computers", which in essence are simply the most powerful tools of demonic divination ever constructed, and all the technology on Earth is intended to be plugged into the spiritual realm, and then A.I.s will be all but indistinguishable from "E.T.s", and humanity as a whole will be opening themselves to the entities in the way that previously only those in witchcraft and shamanism have....﻿

India, in an attempt to tap into the next big advances in computing technology, has forayed into the theoretical as well as the experimental aspects of quantum computing. In a global conference on the subject in Bengaluru, physicists from across the globe deliberated on various initiatives taken by India in key areas of quantum frontiers.

New Delhi (Sputnik) — India is looking forward to engaging in quantum technology and the properties of quantum mechanics, including quantum entanglement, quantum superposition, and quantum tunneling into practical applications. Quantum computers are predicted to be faster than today's computers.

Physicists and research scholars from across the globe met in India earlier this month to deliberate upon various schemes sponsored by the Indian government to promote research and innovations in quantum computing. The global conference was organized at the elite Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bangalore city.

The conference, organized for 30th April to 4th May this year, was titled "Quantum Frontiers and Fundamentals: Experimental Studies and Theoretical Ramifications" and brought forth newer technologies and papers on the application of quantum physics in the field of computing, space, communication, and cryptography, among many other things.

"The conference was a success and we look forward to some exciting results of the deliberations in the coming time in India," Manjunatha G., public relations officer of RRI told Sputnik.

The occasion was co-organized by the Bose Institute, Kolkata, and Alexandre Matzkin of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNCSR), Paris and sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, US. "This is an interesting conference, blending quantum fundamental aspects with applications, and is unique in its mandate, as we have tried to provide equal emphasis to both theoretical research and experimental quantum technologies," Urbasi Sinha, of RRI, who was an organizer of the conference, told the Indian news agency IANS.

Research in these areas of quantum science at Indian laboratories and universities has received a boost with promised funding support from the government's Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Prime Minister's Office.

The DST of the government of India has launched a mission-mode scheme, called "Quantum Science and Technology (QuST)" which will fund research "for the development and demonstration" of quantum computers, quantum communication and cryptography with special emphasis on "demonstration of quantum teleportation."

The scheme "promises to revolutionize the future computation and communication systems which will ultimately have a huge impact on the nation and our society as a whole," the DST's portal reads.

Similarly, the ISRO, in collaboration with the RRI, has started a mega-project called "Quantum Experiments Using Satellite Technology (QUEST)" for the promotion of quantum science in India.

The construction of ever larger and costlier accelerator facilities has its limits, and new technologies will be needed to push the energy frontier.

Plasma Wakefield acceleration is a rapidly developing field which appears to be a promising candidate technology for future high-energy accelerators. The AWAKE project has been proposed as an approach to accelerate an electron beam to the TeV energy regime in a single plasma section. To verify this novel technique, a proof-of-principle demonstration experiment is proposed by a proto-collaboration, using 400 GeV proton beams from the Super Proton Synchrotron at CERN.

CERN news article about the first data taking period of the AWAKE experiment!!Click here to see a presentation given by Allen Caldwell (spokesperson of the AWAKE experiment) including the outcome of the first data taking. Upcoming AWAKE Collaboration Meeting in Manchester

The next AWAKE Collaboration meeting will take place in Manchester from the 12th to the 14th of March 2018.

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How can Plasma and Proton Beams Be Used in Building Next Generation Particle Accelerators?

Allen Caldwell, spokesperson of the AWAKE experiment, answers this question in a video interview for Latest Thinking.

About AWAKEThe AWAKE Collaboration is an international group of physicists who are proposing to use the LHC's penultimate synchrotron, the SPS, to drive plasma wakefield acceleration and accelerate a GeV scale electron beam.

THE MOST IMPORTANT ASTRONOMICAL EVENT OF THE CENTURY. WITH THE LONGEST SOLAR ECLIPSE OF THE 21 CENTURY THE SHADOW OF THE EARTH WILL COMPLETELY COVER THE SATELITTE DURING AN HOUR WITH 43 MINUTES AS WELL AS THE MOON WILL TURN RED OR AS THEY SAY A BLOOD MOON. AS IT REFLECTS THE SUN'S RAYS. CREATING AN INCREDIBLE SPECTACULAR VIEW NOT ONLY WILL IT BE AN SPECTACULAR ASTRONOMICAL VIEW AS THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS SAYS

4 "And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."Genesis 11